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Chapter 79
Psal RNKJV 79:1  O Elohim, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psal RNKJV 79:2  The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Psal RNKJV 79:3  Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Psal RNKJV 79:4  We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psal RNKJV 79:5  How long, יהוה? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psal RNKJV 79:6  Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Psal RNKJV 79:7  For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Psal RNKJV 79:8  O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Psal RNKJV 79:9  Help us, O Elohim of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
Psal RNKJV 79:10  Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their Elohim? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Psal RNKJV 79:11  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Psal RNKJV 79:12  And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O יהוה.
Psal RNKJV 79:13  So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.